#C6AF36#C6AF36

#C6AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF36
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -4.75, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 61.72, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0194 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2865, 42.9340, 9.7071)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF36 #364DC6

analogous

#C66736 #C6AF36 #95C636

triadic

#C6AF36 #36C6AF #AF36C6

tetradic

#C6AF36 #36C667 #364DC6 #C63695

square

#C6AF36 #36C667 #364DC6 #C63695

split-complementary

#C6AF36 #3695C6 #6736C6

monochromatic

#665A1C #968529 #C6AF36 #D5C364 #E2D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C6AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF36

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF36	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc675',
    500: '#c6af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af36;
$custom-light: #dbc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF36

secondary

#8B95CD

accent

#60E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF36

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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